2012 PokerStars.net ANZPT Sydney

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2012 PokerStars.net ANZPT Sydney

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
jj
Prize
226,812 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
2,000 AUD
Prize Pool
922,000 AUD
Entries
461
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

O'Rourke Cruising On Up

When we came to Liam O'Rourke's table there was a board showing {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{5-Spades}{j-Clubs} with around 100,000 already in the pot and Nicholas Heather was set to act in front of O'Rourke. A bet of 66,000 was sent O'Rourke's way and he quickly made a call.

River: {j-Hearts}

On the river, Heather opted to check and O'Rourke slowly counted out a bet of 139,000. Heather then went deep into the tank, furiously studying O'Rourke. Eventually he opted to fold and sent the big pot to O'Rourke, who now has the chip lead with well over 1,000,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Liam O'Rourke
1,150,000
250,000
250,000
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Nicholas Heather
780,000
-210,000
-210,000

Tags: Liam O'RourkeNicholas Heather

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,000

Lindeblad Picks Up Chips

The action was opened by Steve Lindeblad in the cutoff seat to 22,000. NIcholas Heather made the call on the button and so did Kristina Griffiths in the big blind.

On the {8-Spades}{2-Hearts}{9-Clubs} flop, Griffiths checked and Lindeblad bet out 55,000. Heather made the call and Griffiths got out of the way as the {5-Diamonds} turn was dealt.

Both players checked on the turn and the {j-Spades} completed the board on the river. This time Lindeblad would bet 45,000 and Heather would make the call. Lindeblad tabled his {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds}, enough to send Heather's cards into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
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Nicholas Heather
990,000
-10,000
-10,000
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Steve Lindeblad
390,000
90,000
90,000

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Peco Out

Peco Stojanovski has had a roller coaster ride out of this tournament. The first big hand that occurred saw Stojanovski all in on the river of a board showing {3-Spades}{2-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{a-Spades}. In that hand Stojanovski sent his cards into the muck when Erich Stadler turned over {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}.

When the above hand was over, Stojanovski thought he had no chips left and proceeded to leave the tournament area. It turned out he still had 2,500 left though and so he sat back down. The next hand he was all in holding {k-Clubs}[qc} against Jim Collopy's {a-Spades}{6-Hearts}. A {q-Diamonds} hit on the turn and he survived. But not for long.

Just a couple of hands later Stojanovski again got his stack all in against Collopy. This time Stojanovski held {k-Diamonds}{6-Spades} and Collopy held {q-Clubs}{10-Hearts}. The board ran out {a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{a-Clubs}{7-Clubs} and it was home in 23rd place for Stojanovski.

Player Chips Progress
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Peco Stojanovski
Busted

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Heather Knocks One Down

Another player has been lost in this early stage of Day 3. This time it was John Parker. Readers may recall that Parker was left short stacked just a few minutes ago. His last hand saw him all in holding {q-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} against Nicholas Heather's {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}. The board ran out {7-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{3-Spades} and it was all over for Parker, while Heather now has around 1,000,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Nicholas Heather
1,000,000
46,500
46,500
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John Parker
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner

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Anunu Takes Hit

Mishel Anunu opened the action from early position and Craig Blight made the call in the small blind. The {5-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{7-Spades} flop was dealt and Blight opted to check. Anunu bet 26,000 and Blight threw in the check-raise to 60,500. Anunu then popped it to 125,000 and Blight then jammed all in.

At this point Anunu gave a bit of a death stare for some time before deciding to let his hand go.

Player Chips Progress
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Craig Blight
420,000
66,500
66,500
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Mishel Anunu
260,000
-174,500
-174,500

Tags: Mishel AnunuCraig Blight

Hall Back Up

Laurence Hall recently lost half his stack to Steve Lindeblad, but he has got those chips back now having won an all in preflop flip against John Parker.

Lindeblad held {10-Clubs}{10-Spades} and Parker held {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}. The board ran out {6-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} and Parker was left with a short stack, while Hall is looking good.

Player Chips Progress
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Laurence Hall
300,000
185,000
185,000
Jaka Coaching
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John Parker
55,000
-148,500
-148,500
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Laurence HallJohn Parker